Völkel Surname
Approximately 8,200 people bear this surname
Völkel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8,059 | 1:9,990 | 1,253 |
| Austria | 56 | 1:152,061 | 20,229 |
| Switzerland | 45 | 1:182,509 | 16,410 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 75 | 1:669,582 | 43,760 |
Völkel Demographics
Average Völkel Salary in
South Africa
R 1,059,320
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Völkel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Völkel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Völkel is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Völkel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 61,338th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 888,725 people. Völkel occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Völkel live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 8,059 people, or 1 in 9,990. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 31 percent live, Bavaria, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
Völkel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Völkel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Völkel surname contracted 99 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Völkel Last Name Statistics demography
Völkel earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 345.77% more than the national average, earning R 1,059,320 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Völckel | 92 | 52 | / |
| Völkelt | 92 | 4 | / |
| Völkl | 91 | 4,609 | / |
| Vilkel | 83 | 111 | / |
| Velkel | 83 | 5 | / |
| Vylkel | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wölkel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Voelkel | 77 | 2,644 | / |
| Vilkelė | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vaelkel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vilkeel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wölkl | 73 | 31 | / |
| Vőlkl | 73 | 2 | / |
| Voelckel | 71 | 123 | / |
| Völklová | 71 | 28 | / |
| Voelkell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Voellkel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Voelkkel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Voelkl | 67 | 387 | / |
| Wilkel | 67 | 20 | / |
| Welkel | 67 | 15 | / |
| Vilkil | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wlekel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bilkel | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Völkel
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